184. mamala Dining 中
The cover photo shows a meal at mamala, a Western restaurant at Grand Canal Place in Hangzhou. it was less crowded than usual—maybe due to the extreme heat. The views from the second floor are great, and the food is excellent. Perfect for a special occasion.
Record the down-to-earth trending technologies seen every week, and publish them here after screening. If you find it good, you can follow this weekly to get update notifications.
Trending Tools
I’ve switched back to wired headphones
https://tw93.fun/2024-05-08/sony.html
I’ve consolidated my thoughts on wired headphones, the performance of the Sony MV1, some great demo discs, and must-hear Chinese albums into this blog post. check it out if you’re interested.
Ice: A simple and useful Mac menu bar manager
https://icemenubar.app/
Found a great, simple tool for hiding Mac menu bar items. it’s much better than the rarely-updated Dozer or HiddenBar, and less complex than Bartender. I love that it can completely hide items you never want to see, and supports auto-show on hover. The developer is actively updating it.
Twitter AI List: “AI Leaders”
https://x.com/i/lists/1278784207641284609
If you want the latest AI news, follow this “AI Leaders” list on Twitter. it’s several days faster than domestic translations/reposts. you can pin it to your lists for easy access.
Planka: Open-source Trello-like Kanban tool
https://plankanban.github.io/planka/#/boards/745664150193046535
If you like kanban boards, try Planka. it’s very polished and includes multi-member management. you could even set it up for a small team to use directly.
Technical Learning
YouTube: Let’s build GPT-2
https://youtube.com/watch?v=l8pRSuU81PU
Andrej Karpathy’s “Let’s build GPT-2” is a must-watch. In this 124-minute video, he builds the GPT-2 network, optimizes training speed, and trains it using parameters from the GPT-2 and GPT-3 papers. Great weekend project.
Reddit: /r/lectures
https://reddit.com/r/lectures/
The lectures subreddit is full of worth-hearing video lectures, talks, and public speeches covering math, physics, CS, programming, engineering, biology, medicine, economics, politics, and social sciences.
Random Notes
K-Drama Recommendation: “The Sound of Your Heart”
https://m.douban.com/movie/subject/26435723/
A hilarious Korean drama with a 9.2 Douban rating. Probably the funniest K-drama I’ve ever seen. Each episode is under 30 minutes, 10 episodes in total. Perfect for a weekend binge.
Funniest video I’ve seen lately
https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/665003330000000015011f29
Found this series “Can you marry this boy?” by “Wang Wang Cousin” on Xiaohongshu. Very funny, though I recommend just taking it as comedy.
